Katie's Group
  • Nick thinks his house is on fire - Gatsby just has all his lights on
  • Nick says he will invite Daisy around for tea
  • Gatsby pretends he doesn't mind whether she comes around or not (Doesn't want to put Nick through "any trouble")
  • Gatsby asks Nick to cut his grass and requests flowers and cakes so it would be perfect
  • Gatsby changes the topic very quickly to talk about work
  • Gatsby offers Nick a business partnership
  • Day agreed on was raining & dull (weathers not perfect, therefor day is not perfect)
  • Gatsby turns up over dressed - ("white flannel suit, silver shirt and a gold coloured tie" he is being flashy)
  • Gatsby is acting nervous about his meeting with Daisy
  • Gatsby almost leaves, then when Daisy arrives he leaves out the back door to arrive again after (make it seem like "fate" for them to meet again - he is trying to hard)
  • Meeting is very awkward, so Nick takes any excuse to leave, when he returns Gatsby is very happy and is "glowing" but Daisy on the other hand has been crying
  • Gatsby offers Daisy a tour of his house
  • When they go in, Klipspringer is playing the piano
  • Gatsby shows them everything in his house, outlining everything old, things that Daisy will like
  • He shows them his bedroom
  • They start pulling out all of Gatsby's shirts
  • Daisy starts crying again - '"They're such beautiful shirts" she sobbed, her voice muffled in the tick folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such - such beautiful shirts before."' - very weird, childish and shallow
  • Gatsby talks about the green light on Daisy's dock that he can see from his house every night, represents a metaphor of Daisy
  • Green Light from far away looks magical/ pretty/ enchanting, but close up it's just a dock light/ not as pretty or magical, it is rather ugly
  • Dreams and expectations are much bigger and better than reality for Gatsby
  • Nick tries to leave but Gatsby and Daisy don't let him, as though it would be uncomfortable just the two of them, like their relationship/ meeting is a show and needs an audience
  • Gatsby then demands Klipspringer to play the piano for him and Daisy to listen to even though he can't play well, very demanding and aggressive
  • Nick eventually manages to leave, Daisy and Gatsby are left alone, hint of an affair to start


Erin, Isla, Darren and Ryan's group
  • Gatsby meets Daisy, and he wants to make everything perfect for her.
  • Gatsby wants Nick t get his grass cut, to make it perfect fr Daisy.
  • He tries to make Nick's house as tidy as possible, as well as his own house for when she arrives.
  • Gatsby gives Daisy a tour of his house to show how rich he is.
  • When Gatsby meets Daisy it's very awkward at first, and Gatsby acts really childish.
  • When they go to Gatsby's house Daisy starts crying over Gatsby's "beautiful shirts" which suggests she is quite shallow and childish.
  • Nick seems to follow them everywhere, suggesting that Gatsby likes to have an audience.
  • It's the first time Gatsby has seen Daisy in 5 years.
  • Gatsby associates the green light at the end of Daisy's dock, with Daisy, and we see him reaching out to it in chapter 1.
  • The Green light is a symbol.
  • Klipspringer, the man who never leaves, is in Gatsby's house playing the piano when they arrive.
  • It is raining (very bad weather)
  • As the meeting is very awkward, Nick leaves to give them some time alone, and when he arrives back through Daisy is crying and Gatsby is very happy, suggesting their talk went well.
  • Gatsby is very sad, unhappy and nervous before Daisy arrives. he wants to back out of the arranged plan at the last moment.
  • Gatsby wants to make their reunion look like fate, not planned.
  • The reunion is not as good as Gatsby expected to be.
  • Gatsby knows exactly how long it's been since they last saw each other, suggesting he never stopped loving her.
  • Daisy's voice is described as a "Deathless song."
  • Gatsby knows he should be happy that he's with Daisy, but he isn't.
  • Daisy is obsessed with wealth and comes across as very shallow.
  • At the end of the chapter, Nick leaves them alone together, suggesting their affair begins then.


Kits Group
  • Nick invites Gatsby and daisy to his house.
  • Gatsby is anxious about meeting her again.
  • It's been 5 years since Daisy and Gatsby have seen eachother.
  • Gatsby orders flowers and gets the grass cut at Nicks house to make his house seem perfect.
  • Gatsby is nervous and nearly leaves.
  • It is very awkward at frist when they meet, it is not the climax Gatsby was expecting.
  • It is raining.
  • Nick leaves the two together.
  • When Nick returns Gatsby is smiling and Daisy is crying.
  • Gatsby takes Nick and Daisy to his house and takes them on a tour of his house.
  • They end up in Gatsbys bedroom.
  • They look at Gatsbys shirts and Daisy begins to cry at how beautiful the shirts are.
  • At Gatsbys house Mr Klipspringer is playing the piano.
  • They look out from the balcony into the rain.
  • Gatsby says he can see a green light from his window, it is from Daisys dock.
  • The green light symbolises, money, envy and jealousy.
  • It was very far away from Gatsby, just like Daisy, and very beauitful from a far.
  • Nick was there the whole time.
  • It is suggested that Gatsby was looking out at Daisy's house in chapter one.
  • Nick leaves Gatsby and Daisy alone on the balcony alone in the rain.


Kathleen's Group
  • Main event - Gatsby and Daisy meet for the first time after 5 years
  • The meeting is at Nick's house - Gatsby wants the meeting to seem accidental and he wants Daisy to see his house from a distance
  • Gatsby makes a fuss - he sends a gardener to cut Nick's grass and sends flowers over, he wants it to be perfect
  • At first Gatsby is nervous, hollow - he almost leaves Nick's house before Daisy arrives
  • It is raining outside - connotations of depressing, sad - possible contrast to mood
  • At first Daisy and Gatsby are awkward with each other
  • Nick leaves them alone and goes outside into the rain - he comes back to find Gatsby smiling but Daisy in tears
  • They all go to Gatsby's house
  • Gatsby gives a tour of his house - he shows off his wealth
  • They end up in Gatsby's bedroom - Gatsby takes out all of his shirts and piles them on the bed, Daisy begins to cry; "I've never seen such beautiful shirts" - this shows how shallow she can be
  • They go out onto the balcony and look across the bay
  • Gatsby says the "green light" they can see is the end of Daisy's dock - this is the same green light as from the end of chapter one (symbolic)
  • The green light - twinkles, beautiful, far away, out-of-reack (this is also how Gatsby has seen Daisy)
  • Nick has been there the whole time - strange, however Gatsby wants him to stay
  • Theme - the green light conveys envy, money + dreams - the conflict between having a dream and the reality of it when it happens
  • Having dreamt for years (and possibly made up in his head different things), Gatsby has finally met Daisy again, however that has almost ruined it for him as he doesn't have that dream to embellish anymore - he is disappointed


Grace's Group
  • Gatsby and Daisy meet for the first time
  • It has been 5 years since they first met
  • The weather was raining
  • Gatsby was really nervous
  • Gatsby was smiling and Daisy looked like she was going to cry
  • They first met at Nick's house then they went to Gatsby's
  • Daisy cried over Gatsby's shirts
  • Gatsby is nervous,sad,unhappy before Daisy turns up
  • Clipspringer was playing the piano
  • They see a green light -may symbolise money,envy...
  • Gatsby makes Nicks house perfect (grass cut, flowers etc...)
  • Nick leaves Gatsby and Daisy alone for a moment and then he comes back to find Daisy crying over Gatsby with a big smile on his face
  • theme of the novel- dreams
  • Gatsby's dream was to meet Daisy
  • Nick is with them for the whole time
  • The green light symbolises green light,land,twinkles,pretty but like daisy pretty but out of reach
  • Meeting at Nicks house means that Daisy can take in Gatsby's house atmosphere
  • It is awkward when Gatsby and Daisy first meet
  • Gatsby has always wanted Daisy
  • Daisy leaves the house crying after seeing Gatsby shirts
  • Nick leaves Gatsby and Daisy in the bedroom alone.
  • Chapter 5 is very comical
  • Gatsby uses money for everything
  • Gatsby is trying to get his love for Daisy reignighted